Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 772-773 [Christian]
WALTER F. GARNETT, who is engaged in the fire and life
insurance business in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was born in Montgomery
county, Tennessee, January 8, 1849, and is the second son and second
child of James T. and Mary E. (Fauntleroy) Garnett, whose history is
given on other pages of this work in connection with the life of J.
F. Garnett, a brother of Walter F. Garnett.
Walter F. Garnett was about four years old when he came to
Christian county, Kentucky, and was reared on a farm. He attended a
private school and also the Eastman Business College in
Poughkeepsie, New York, where was graduated in 1872. For the
following six years he was engaged as a clerk in the stores of
Hopkinsville, and then went into the mercantile business on his own
account. He also served as tax collector for the city for about six
years. In 1882 he took up the insurance business with the New York
Life, and since then has added fire insurance, representing about
nine companies, and also sells stocks and bonds.
Mr. Garnett married Miss Mary Wallace, a daughter of James A.
and Cornelia (Gant) Wallace. She was born in Hopkinsville,
Kentucky. Seven children, three sons and four daughters, have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Garnett: Leslie, in partnership with his father
in the insurance business; Susan W.; Mary F.; Wallace F.; Lydabel;
Frances, and Joseph. Mr. Garnett has always been an adherent of
Democratic principles, but in 1896 left the Bryan wing of the party
and allied himself with the Gold Democrats. He is a member of the
Baptist church. He has lived nearly all his life in Christian
county, and is one of the best known business men of the western
part of the state.
Garnett Fauntleroy Wallace Gant
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Montgomery-TN
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